Category Archives: Postmodernism

Sein of the Times

Posted on May 1, 2007 by

Nicolae Ceausescu, Truman Capote, ABSCAM, NORAD, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, John Hausman, Fidel Castro, George Steinbrenner, Joe Pepitone, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Marissa Tome, Plato, Loni Anderson, Rich Little, John Cougar Mellencamp, Lenny Bruce, Geraldo Rivera, Hizballah, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael … Continue reading →

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Luther and the Postmodern Turn

Posted on January 8, 2007 by

Whether Martin Luther was a pre-modern thinker, the first modern thinker or to what degree he was some of both is a perennial debate among historians. How one comes down on this question has as much to do with how … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, Philosophy, Postmodernism, Worldviews | 14 Comments

A Poll on Postmodernism

Posted on December 28, 2006 by

I just finished Harry Frankfurt‘s book On Truth. Many of you may know Frankfurt’s work from his surprisingly popular little book On Bullshit. (As a testimony to how popular it is, my co-workers have been completely disinterested in the many … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Postmodernism | 7 Comments

Jerusalem and Paris Revisited: Examining Theology’s Interest in Postmodernism

Posted on October 23, 2006 by

In my last post I focused primarily on demonstrating analytic philosophy’s disinterest in postmodern philosophy. I touched briefly on why postmodernism has become so attractive to contemporary theologians. I mentioned that it is a philosophy that requires less rigor and … Continue reading →

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What Has Jerusalem to Do with Paris?: Examining Theology’s Interest in Postmodernism

Posted on September 27, 2006 by

So what has Christ to do with Derrida, and Jerusalem to do with Paris? That’s what I want to know. Why are so many theologians infatuated with postmodernism while so many analytic philosophers (primarily English-speaking philosophy) aren’t? To answer this … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Postmodernism, Theology, Worldviews | 20 Comments